Credentials required for host discovery

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Credentials required for host discovery

There are credentials and permissions that Service Mapping requires for discovering
hosts.

Prior to discovering applications, Service Mapping accesses hosts that
applications run on and discovers them. Make sure that you provide all necessary credentials
to allow host discovery.

The ServiceNow platform
provides a centralized way of configuring credentials for Discovery, Service Mapping, and other
applications. It allows you to configure credentials for hosts and applications only
once. If you have already configured
host-related credentials for another application, you do not need to do it again
for Service Mapping.

Credentials required for discovery of hosts running on UNIX/Linux:

Discovery and Orchestration
explore UNIX and Linux devices by using commands
executed over Secure Shell (SSH), so they need SSH credentials.

To provide sufficient permissions, configure one of the following Unix and Linux
credentials:

Non-root user and password and using the ‘sudo’ utility to run selected commands as
root